M 5.9 in Kermadec Islands Region on 31 Jan 2022 12:14 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.5255 , -176.7864
Event Date: 31 Jan 2022 12:14 UTC
31 Jan 2022 00:14 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000gglh
Inserted at: 31 Jan 2022 16:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gglh Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1424123 0 31 Jan 2022 12:14 5.8M, 10km 3.5 No people affected (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1424168 0 31 Jan 2022 12:14 5.9M, 10km 3.52 No people affected (in 100km) 04:12 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1424123 -29.527/-176.784 5.8 10.0 3.346 31 Jan 2022 12:37 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1424123 -29.527/-176.784 5.8 10.0 3.497 31 Jan 2022 12:53 00:39 (upd of #1)
3 0 1424168 -29.527/-176.784 5.8 10.0 3.497 31 Jan 2022 14:17 02:03 (new episode)
4 0 1424168 -29.526/-176.786 5.9 10.0 3.522 31 Jan 2022 16:28 04:13 (upd of #3)
5 0 1424168 -29.526/-176.786 5.9 10.0 3.522 01 Feb 2022 12:40 1d 00:26 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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